WASHINGTON — Unlike the annual tax-filing deadline at roughly the same time, Congress’ April 15 target date for agreeing on a joint budget resolution is set to come and go with no practical effect on the everyday lives of Americans.
But that won’t stop the two parties and budget hawks off of Capitol Hill from carping about another year of failure to live up to one of lawmakers’ basic responsibilities.
“[B]udgeting is a fundamental part of governing, and the fact that Congress has not taken this role seriously shows just how broken our budget process has become,” Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas said in a statement.
